Table of contents

Original articles

Workplace

• Original article: Domains of cognitive function in early old age: which ones are predicted by pre-retirement psychosocial work characteristics? (17 May, 2016)

  Erika L Sabbath, Ross Andel, Marie Zins, Marcel Goldberg, Claudine Berr
• Original article: Comparing human respiratory adverse effects after acute exposure to particulate matter in conventional and particle-reduced swine building environments (4 July, 2016)

  Anna S Hedelin, Britt-Marie Sundblad, Karin Sahlander, Kai Wilkinson, Gulaim Seisenbaeva, Vadim Kessler, Kjell Larsson, Lena Palmberg
• Original article: Risk of renal cell carcinoma following exposure to metalworking fluids among autoworkers (2 August, 2016)

  Deepika Shrestha, Sa Liu, S Katharine Hammond, Michael P LaValley, Daniel E Weiner, Ellen A Eisen, Katie M Applebaum
• Original article: Occupational exposure to chemicals drives the increased risk of asthma and rhinitis observed for exposure to vapours, gas, dust and fumes: a cross-sectional population-based study (27 July, 2016)

  Christian Schyllert, Eva Rönmark, Martin Andersson, Ulf Hedlund, Bo Lundbäck, Linnea Hedman, Anne Lindberg
• Original article:

  Colonisation with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus and associated factors among nurses with occupational skin diseases

  (29 June, 2016)

  Richard Brans, Katarzyna Kolomanski, Franziska Mentzel, Ulrike Vollmer, Olaf Kaup, Swen Malte John

Environment

• Original article: Risk factors for and consequences of persistent lower respiratory symptoms among World Trade Center Health Registrants 10 years after the disaster (22 July, 2016) Free

  Stephen M Friedman, Mark R Farfel, Carey Maslow, Hannah T Jordan, Jiehui Li, Howard Alper, James E Cone, Steven D Stellman, Robert M Brackbill

Exposure assessment

• Original article: Cross-shift study of exposure–response relationships between bioaerosol exposure and respiratory effects in the Norwegian grain and animal feed production industry (29 July, 2016)

  Anne Straumfors, Kari Kulvik Heldal, Wijnand Eduard, Inge M Wouters, Dag G Ellingsen, Marit Skogstad
• Original article: Consecutive results of blood cell count and retrospective biodosimetry: useful tools of health protection regulation for radiation workers (26 July, 2016)

  Seongjae Jang, Jin Kyung Lee, Minsu Cho, Su San Yang, Seung Hyun Kim, Wan Tae Kim

Methodology

• Original article: Assessment of two alternative standardised tests for the vascular component of the hand–arm vibration syndrome (HAVS) (17 August, 2016)

  Ying Ye, Michael J Griffin